Native is the neighborhood photography blog of acclaimed New York City-based photographer Saul Bauer. A lifelong New Yorker with a penchant for international travel, Saul’s style is best described as architectural portraiture. He just calls himself a street photographer.

Armed only with his trusty Canon Mark III and a variety of lenses, Saul has earned a place among New York’s most respected photographers.

A true ninja of the social arts. Totally unassuming on a surface level, Vince slides in under the radar and quickly escalates to a deep and meaningful connection.

vokist is a storyteller

I've spent the better part of my life accumulating these experiences

more than anything else that story has revolved around people

I'd like to find that story with you

Working together to distill a moment

This is the day we worked together. This is the day you looked into my camera and I saw a piece of you. Somehow everything else wanted to fit.

mixtapes

The director Cameron Crowe famously makes a new mixtape every month. The idea is that nothing captures how you felt for a period of time than the soundtrack to that piece of your life. I've taken that idea to heart and my impulse is t

All photos on this site were taken by Shantanu Starick as he has been travelling the world for his latest project, Pixel Trade.